UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number:001-10378
AVENTIS
Espace Européen de L’Entreprise
67917 Strasbourg Cedex 9
FRANCE
+ 33 3 88 99 11 00
(Address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s
principal executive offices)
Ordinary Shares, nominal value€3.82 per share*
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section
13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to
terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
| Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i) | o | Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i) | o | |||
| Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) | o | Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) | o | |||
| Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i) | x | Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i) | x | |||
| Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) | o | Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) | o | |||
| Rule 15d-6 | o |
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date: 0
* Pursuant to Rule 12g-3(c), the American Depositary Shares of Aventis, each representing one ordinary share, nominal value€3.82 per share (the “Aventis ADSs”), were exempt from registration under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act and pursuant to Rule 15d-3 there was no duty to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act with respect to the Aventis ADSs.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Sanofi-Aventis, as successor to Aventis pursuant to the merger of Aventis with and into Sanofi-Aventis, has caused this certificate/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
| Dated: January 3, 2005 | ||||
| SANOFI-AVENTIS | ||||
| By: | /s/ Jean-Claude Leroy | |||
| Name: Jean-Claude Leroy Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
